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Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 830 party members responded – thank you – and we’re publishing the full results.

LDV asked: How would you rate the performances of the following leading Liberal Democrats and government ministers?

Full results are published below, but here’s two key lists for those who want to cut to the chase… (with comparison to December 2013 ratings in brackets)

Top 5 Lib Dem performers in the Government:

Steve Webb +70%

Vince Cable +63%

Lynne Featherstone +63%

Norman Lamb +50%

Norman Baker +46%

Lots of changes in the four months since last we asked this question. The most notable is that pensions minister Steve Webb is now the most popular Lib Dem in government, boosted by a budget in which his pensions reforms featured prominently. He knocks Vince Cable off the top-spot, though the Lib Dem business secretary’s ratings are also up, just not by as much, suggesting party members aren’t fazed by the flak he’s copped for the Royal Mail privatisation. It’s three years since a Lib Dem minister other than Vince was the most popular among party members – Chris Huhne topped our survey in April 2011.

Vince ties with Lynne Featherstone, whose +63% is her highest ever rating. Two other stalwarts of the top 5, Normans, Lamb and Baker, continue to be well-regarded by party members, even if some of the initial excitement at Norman Baker’s appointment to the home office has worn off (his rating is down by 12%). One person who featured in December, but doesn’t this time, is Jo Swinson: on maternity leave, she was not included in this round of ratings.

Among the rest, Ed Davey recovers some of the popularity (up from +34% to +41%) he lost following his decision to push ahead with a new nuclear power station; but Alistair Carmichael takes a dip (down from +44% to +34%), possibly reflecting disappointment with the Better Together campaign. Danny Alexander‘s ratings continue to recover: last September, his net rating was +11%, but now stands at a far healthier +25%, reflecting the improving economic news.

Bottom 5 Lib Dem performers in the Government:

Stephen Williams +18%

David Laws +11%

Baroness (Jenny) Randerson +11%

Nick Clegg +10%

Dan Rogerson +6%

Baroness (Jenny) Randerson and Dan Rogerson continue to find themselves in the bottom 5 by virtue of their relative anonymity among party members: 79% and 70% respectively have no view about how they’re doing in their ministerial roles. Nick Clegg‘s rating (+10%) takes a tumble after the mixed reviews of his debates against Nigel Farage. David Laws has recovered from his paltry +2% rating, perhaps helped by the vigorous differentiation he and Clegg have maintained from some of Michael Gove’s pronouncements.

As I note each time: “the list stands as a reminder to all our Lib Dem ministers of the value of communicating effectively with party members about the work they’re undertaking on behalf of the party, even if it isn’t making the front pages.”

A point to note in the list of non-ministerial party figures: in his first appearance as Deputy Leader, Malcolm Bruce receives a +20% rating, down on the +31% Simon Hughes recorded in the role (and which has largely transferred to him in his new justice ministry brief). Also worth noting the continuing climb of Welsh leader Kirsty Williams, who now has a rating of +52% – if she were in the Commons, she’d be a good bet to become the next leader. As it is, perhaps the better bet is that she’s the next leader but one.

1,500 Lib Dem paid-up party members are registered with LibDemVoice.org. 745 responded in full – and a further 87 in part – to the latest survey, which was conducted between 16th and 22nd April.

Please note: we make no claims that the survey is fully representative of the Lib Dem membership as a whole. However, LibDemVoice.org’s surveys are the largest independent samples of the views of Lib Dem members across the country, and have in the past offered accurate guides to what party members think.